Hose-reel



(No Model.)

S. F. REYNOLDS. HOSE REEL.

No. 424,501. Patented Apr. 1,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL F. REYNOLDS, OF AUBURN, NEYV YORK.

HOSE- SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Application filed May 31,1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. REYNOLDS, of Auburn, county of Cayuga, inthe State of NewYork, acitizen of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Reels, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 2 is anenlarged horizontal section through the box and feed-pipe and valve.Fig. 3 is an en larged vertical section of the inner end of thefeed-pipe, the flange on the inner end, the shoulder on the outer end,and the manner in which the packing is applied thereto.

My invention relates to the construction of hose-reels.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of the reelboth as to the reel proper and the mechanism by which it is supportedand carried, and also as to the packing-joint between the stationaryinlet-pipe and the goose-neck, to which the hose is connected, which isconnected by a packing-joint with the stationary pipe, so that thegooseneck rotates with the reel, and a perfectly tight joint is createdbetween the reel and the stationary pipe to prevent any leakage of waterat that point.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction andoperation hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in theclaims annexed.

It is constructed as follows:

A is the supporting-frame.

B is the reel mounted in the journal-boxes 1 1, secured to the frame Aatthe apex of the arch thereof. At 2, I show the ends of cross- The reel Bconsists of a hub 3 and spokes 4 and felly 5, the spokes being connectedor secured to the hub and felly in any ordinary manner. The spokes t areswaged to form a shoulder 6. 7 are cross-bars fitting over the spokesloosely and thrown up against the shoulders 6 by the springs 8,interposed around the spokes between the cross-bars and the hub, thesecross-bars carrying and supporting the hose when wound upon the reel,and the springs 8 being of sufficient strength to substantially hold thebars against the shoulders when the hose is wound thereon,

REEL.

Patent No. 424,501, dated April 1, 1890.

Serial No. 312,676. (No model.)

but yielding inwardly to permit the enlargement of the hose when filledwith water.

0 is the curved or goose-neck pipe through the inner part of the hub 3,the outer end of which goose-neck pipe is central to the hub, while theinner end projects beyond its periphery at a point adjacent to the spokes, and this end is provided with means for coupling the hose thereon.The hub proper is in three sections, which are bolted together by thebolts 9, and 10 is the solid axle secured in the inner end of the innerhub;section.

In the outer section, which fits in the journal-box 1, I first cut thedovetailing recess 11, opening out of the inner face of this section ofthe hub and extending cylindrically outward to the outer end of thishub-section. Within this recess I place a metallic packingring 12,shouldered and beveled to fit the recess closely.

D is the inlet-pipe, provided on its inner end with the enlargementforming a head 13 or collar, and adjacent to its outer end is anothercollar 14, creating a packing-recess between the collar and the head, inwhich I place or wind any suitable absorbent packing 15. The head of theinlet-pipe fits closely within the packing 12, and this pipe and headremain stationary with the revolution of the reel, While the outersection of the hub and the packing 12 are carried around as the reelrotates. At 16, I show a brass or other softmetal packing ring of thesame size as the head 13, and adapted to fit between or within the innerend of the packing 12, so as to bring a soft-metal surface, as thewearing-surface, in contact with the outer hard metallic surface of theinner hub section. It will be observed that by this packing-jointwhenever the water is let on the back-pressure will force all of theparts tightly together-the washer 16 tightly against the head 13, thehead 13 tightly against the packing 12, and the packing 12 back tightlyin the recess ll and will thus create a perfectly tight joint withoutthe use of any bolts or equivalentnieans to tighten the joint orcompress the packing, While the absorbent packing 15 will lubricate thejoint between the pipe D and the outer hub-section, and all the timeleave the outer section of the hub free to rotate upon the stationarypipe D,the end of that pipe constituting the axle on that side of thereel. It will be further observed that when standing in the positionshown in Fig. 1 the reel is free to rotate upon its bearings, and thatwhen the pipe D is disconnected from the water-supply the reel will beturned over, so as to rest upon the fellies', and then can be trundledlike awheelbarrow to wind up the hose upon the reel and to transport thereel and hose from one place to another.

What I claim is- 1. In a hose-reel constructed with a sectional hubhaving a goose-neck through the inner section and outer hub-sectionhaving a dovetailed recess in its inner face, a packing fitting thedovetailed recess, a stationary inlet pipe provided with a head 13,fitting within the outer end of the packing 12, a collar 14 upon thepipe, absorbent packing around the pipe between the collar and the head,and a carrying journals supporting the reel, consisting of hubs, spokes,fellies, hose-bars mounted upon the spokes and abutting againstshoulders thereon, and springs between the hubs and the hose-bars, and agoose-neck through one section of a hub, and a stationary inletpipecoinciding with one end of the gooseneck, and a dovetailing packingwithin the outer hub-section and around the end of the stationary pipe,substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of May,1889.

SAMUEL F. REYNOLDS. In presence of- H. P. DENISON, C. W. SMITH.

